Suspenders



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Ml. MARCUS.

.SUSPENDERS. No. 294,396. Patented Mar. 4, 1884.

N. PETERS. Plwlu-Lllhogmpher. Washington. D. c

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICEO MORRIS MARCUS, or oHIoAeo, ILLINOIS.

SUSPENDER'S.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 294,396, clated March4, 1884.

Application filed January '1, 1884. (No model.)

My present invention relates to an'improvement upon the inventionfor'which Letters Patent No. 289,429 were granted to me December 4,1883. In the Letters Patent referred to it is stated, in substance, tobe a very desirable object of theinvention described therein to form thebutton-holes in the ,ends of the reaches comprising two hanging strandsof material, each doubled edgewise upon itself,

and secured to a suitable cap-piece in a manner that shall produce greatdurability of the same, and at the same time give to the article anappearance that will recommend 'it to the trade and to those who use it,which is effected by concealing from the view' of the front side of thesuspender-end the means used to form the button-hole. It is obvious thatby forming the button-holes in a manner that will enable the mechanismused for the purpose to be concealed to cause the article to present aperfectly plain surface upon both its front and rear sides a verydesirable result may be effected. It is therefore my object'to provide aSuspender-end in. which a single strip of ma terial forming one or bothof the reaches between the cap piece to which it is secured and thebutton upon the body of the article of clothing to be suspended isdoubled edgewise upon'it'self, and wherein the button-holes shall be soformed as to present to view plain surfaces upon both the front and rearsides of the article.

To this end my invention consists in an improved securing devicearrangedat the desired point to form the button-hole with the doubleparts, the said securing device comprising a wire or strand providedwith a stop formed at one end passed transversely through each of thelayers of material, forming a reach, when the opposite projecting end isalso provided with a stop, whereby withdrawal of the device shallbeprevented and the means of securing shall be invisible upon both thefront I I I and rear sides of the suspender-end, thus'leaving on thesaid sidesa plain surface.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a suspender-end in elevation,showing partially by dotted lines the manner of forming the but.-ton-holes; and Figs. 2 and 3, sectional views, showing modifications ofmy improved securing device. l

A is a cap-piece, of leather 'or other suitable material, which bearsthe ring B, and to which the material forming the reaches 0 is secured.

These reaches may be formed of a single piece of material secured to thecap-piece A at a .point to produce two hanging strands of the desiredrelative length when such strand is doubled inward and edgewise uponitself, the ends thereof being also secured to the cappiece; or the saidreaches may be formed each of a separate piece of material doublededgewise upon itself, and the ends secured to the cap-piece A.

D is a wire or narrow metallic strip provided at one end with a head orstop, If, and sharp ened at the other end. To form the buttonhole thesharpened points is inserted at the outer edge of one strand and 'passedat the desired point transversely through each strand of the material,between its front and rear surfaces, emerging at the opposite edge ofthe reach, when a stop or head similar to the head t, as shown at t inFig. 1 of the drawings, is formed upon the end 8, suitable machinerybeing employed for the purpose of forming the same. The securing devicethus formed is prevented from displacement, since no ordinary strain ina lateral direction upon the doubled parts will effect the withdrawal ofthe fastener from the one or the other. The wire fastener is preferably,with relation to the width of the reach, of such a proportionate lengthas to cause the stops to be closer to gether than the outer edges of thedoubled parts, in .order that when braided material is used to form thereaches the heads shall be embedded between the strands, and thus hiddenfrom view when the saidedges are made to assume the direction ofstraight lines, and in order that when more compact material is used theheads shall lie almost, if not quite, flush with the rectilinear edges.

Under all circumstances it is preferred to employ fasteners composed ofmetal the color of which will most nearly correspond with that of thematerial composing the reach, in

order that in case either or both of the stops should ever project, evenwhen an edge view is presented, the metal will not attract attention.

Other forms of stops maybe employed, as represented in Figs. 2 and 3 ofthe drawings, instead of theheads above described. In Fig. 2 thesharpened end of a pin or headed strip, after being inserted as abovedescribed, is bent around to cause it to re-enter the material at apoint above or below or to one side of its emergence, to preventseparation of the doubled parts at the point where the buttonhole isformed. In the fastener represented in Fig. 3 neither end is providedwith a head, but both are sharpened and bent around after the transverseinsertion of the device in the manner above described of the sharpenedend shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. Either of the last-described waysoffers advantages perhaps equal to those obtained in the method firstdescribed, and presents the additional advantage of permitting thefastener to be formed more easily.

If it is desired to secure together the inner edges of the doubled partsabove the point at which the button-hole is formed, one or more securingdevices may be employed for the purpose, as shown at x in Fig. 1 of thedrawings.

'What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A securing device provided at the desired point to form a button-holewith the double parts forming a reach of suitable material for asuspender-end,said securing deviceeomprising' a strand or wire passedtransversely through the interior of each of the doubled parts, andhavingastop formed at each end, substantially as described, and for thepurpose set forth. MORRIS MARCUS. Tn presence of- DOUGLAS DYRENFORTH, C.C. LINTHICUM.

